people may not even know. During the days of Hoover it was very common that they went after activists behind the scenes with employers etc. So you got let go or you didn't get that new position or raise. The employer is not telling you they were contacted by the FBI they're told they can't disclose anything.
Lists of "problem" people start being developed for local police etc. but all kept very quiet. So you keep getting targeted for traffic tickets until your license is in jeopardy and your insurance is going up. You just think it's your bad luck. Your VA, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Assistance benefits are suspended because of some supposed "discrepancy" in the records. Not just once but multiple times with lengthy, repetitive "appeals" before it is resolved. Until it happens again.
All of this kind of thing went on in the '30's through the '70's and never really stopped. They just rename the program once they get found out.
The point of bringing in the DOGE aspect is that, combined with voter data etc., they negate a certain amount of the need for people to "comply" because they already have the info necessary to target people for repression and misinformation. That's why I began the post with what would perhaps seem unlikely to many and then I showed that actually your physical presence to "report" isn't really any longer needed. They don't need your "compliance" because all of us have already "complied" and given them all the information they need to carry out large scale targeted repression and in fact we may not even know it happened we might just think it was our "bad luck".